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The Meaning of Leisure

Definitions and Practices among Migrant and Non-Migrant Women in an Urban Space

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Authors:
  1. Vania L. Sandoval

    1. Mannheim, Germany

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  • Complicates problematic common explanations for differing conceptions/definitions of leisure
  • Draws on extensive fieldwork to show how various women's views of leisure are shaped by particular experiences of migration and the urban spaces they inhabit
  • Bridges migration studies and leisure studies while also combining rigorous empirical research with theory

Part of the book series: Leisure Studies in a Global Era (LSGE)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    • Vania L. Sandoval
    Pages 1-36

  3. The City of Mannheim

    • Vania L. Sandoval
    Pages 37-90

  4. The Meaning of Leisure

    • Vania L. Sandoval
    Pages 91-134

  5. Leisure Practices

    • Vania L. Sandoval
    Pages 135-180

  6. Migration Background and Leisure

    • Vania L. Sandoval
    Pages 181-203

  7. Conclusion

    • Vania L. Sandoval
    Pages 205-215

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 217-218
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About this book

This book deals with the concept of leisure and the everyday leisure practices of a group of diverse single women in an urban setting—Mannheim, Germany. Vania Sandoval focuses on how social structure and individual choices relate to each other in the local context. Initially, the book considers the women as a relatively homogenous group, analyzing how they conceive, organize and experience their leisure in a similar manner with individual nuances. It then proceeds to highlight some of the processes that lead, in this particular case, to migration-based differences in their leisure practices. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Mannheim, Germany

    Vania L. Sandoval

About the author

Vania L. Sandoval earned her PhD in social and cultural anthropology at the Ruprecht—Karl University of Heidelberg, Germany. Her research interests include emigration to Europe and cultural identity, the anthropology of food and eating, and leisure and lifestyle studies.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Meaning of Leisure

  • Book Subtitle: Definitions and Practices among Migrant and Non-Migrant Women in an Urban Space

  • Authors: Vania L. Sandoval

  • Series Title: Leisure Studies in a Global Era

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59752-2

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-59751-5Published: 07 August 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86694-9Published: 22 June 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-59752-2Published: 26 July 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2946-3173

  • Series E-ISSN: 2946-3181

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 218

  • Number of Illustrations: 14 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Ethnography, Social Anthropology, Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Migration

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